Russia Now Raiding Gay Rights Campaigner’s Homes

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Disturbing news from Russia tells that flyers are now being posted encouraging people to denounce those they suspect of spreading “gay propaganda” and that Russian officials have started raiding the homes of human rights activists.

The home of prominent Russian LGBT rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev was raided by government officials this past week after an anti-gay lawmaker who had a key role in passing the national homosexual propaganda ban complained about comments Alexeyev had made and called for Alexeyev to be punished.

A Reuters report captures the incident:

Alexyev is facing a criminal case on slander charges regarding alleged comments he made about State Duma Deputy Yelena Mizulina, a move that has been characterized as attempts to silence the campaigner.

Other reports have suggested that Russian landlords have begun posting signs encouraging neighbors of people they suspect to be gay to inform on them so that gay people can, in effect, be weeded out.

Please note, that propaganda of non-traditional relationship by such people can be determined non only directly, for example describing the advantage of living as a homosexual, offering you or members of your family to have sexual relationship with you; not only by unusual style of dressing or unnatural behavior but also propaganda can be started little by little, holding homosexual propaganda in house for several years.

Please remember, that homosexual can be dressed quite simply, he looks like you, he can be nice in communication and you can even know him.

Remember that homosexual doesn’t know the age limit and a person who does homosexual propaganda can be a person who just graduated from school or an old man.

Increase your vigilance when you talk with your neighbors, when you are checking your mail and in elevators. You can easily become a target of homosexual propaganda and there is a one step from being homosexual and to start propaganda of homosexualism and molesting decent people.

The poster goes on to encourage people to call if they suspect anyone of so-called homosexual propaganda.

It is believed that the city administration has had no hand in this and that it is not in any way an official notice, but to say that the so-called propaganda law has facilitated this kind of air of denunciation is not overstating the matter. Police are said to be investigating the incident.

In somewhat related news, police in Russia also recently seized from a St Petersburg art gallery a painting depicting President Vladimir Putin in women’s underwear combing the hair of Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s Prime Minister. The police seized in total four paintings, another of which depicted St Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, a key architect of Russia’s propaganda laws, against a rainbow background.

Elsewhere, Russia’s propaganda law continues to earn criticism with activists applying further pressure to the sponsors of the forthcoming 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi. Campaigners in New York have set their sights on Coca Cola, a main sponsor for the Games, pouring out bottles of the sugar laden drink into the streets.

Russian capital St Petersburg is set to host the G20 summit this coming week, with activists urging government officials to use this as an opportunity to apply pressure on Russian officials and have them stop Russia’s onslaught against its LGBT community and other minorities.

why is it people refer to the games as olympic. if they were true "Olympic " if they are then let them be like the originals.if you didn't win you were spit on and reviled. everything was about winning.boxers fought to the death at times.it's quite an intresting compareison yesteryears and todays.it,s very sad when you try to stamp out a part o your civilization just because there different.and as in most cases religion is also behind it.

Thanks, BMutiny for the back u[p. I lived in Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics and it was a nightmare. All that forced happiness at the expense of the poor and homeless, the traffic headaches and what amounted to a police state made life a living hell for most people and the debts will be around for years to come. I guess I fail to se the point other than a bunch of jocks wanting glory and countries wanting to engage in nationalistic back slapping and self glorification Lets focus on REAL issues and invest all that money where is truly needed, not on frivolities we can ill afford. To the poster who said that this is all made up, I suggest they wake the heck up. This is very real and very wrong. People's rights and lives are being destroyed by a one man campaign to give his people a common enemy (a move which history proves is a very dangerous sign).

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